8Synonyms found for libido

Word Origin & History

libido "psychic drive or energy, usually associated with sexual instinct," 1892, carried over untranslated in Eng. edition of Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia Sexualis"; 1909 in A.A. Brill's translation of Freud's "Selected Papers on Hysteria" (Freud's use of the term led to its popularity); from L. libido "desire, lust," from libere "to be pleasing, to please," ultimately cognate with O.E. lufu (see love).